8,625 CHF
Precision TimekeeperAugust Ericsson, St. Petersburg, No. 1377,circa 1910, movement by Ulysse Nardin, No. 35407.Very fine and rare, gold and silver keyless deck chronometer with special escapement. Four-body, "Empire", polished with gold hinges and fluted band, silver hinged cuvette. White enamel, bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. Notes August Ericsson ((1842 - circa 1910)Born in Sweden, he established a very impressive business in St. Petersburg, Russia (circa 1875). Most of the marine chronometers supplied to the Imperial Navy were by him, and they generally used Kullberg movements. One of his brothers, Bror, founded the Stockholm Watchmakers Association in 1884. One of August's sons, Alexander, became a chronometer maker.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11